Shutter-fastener



(No Model.) v

H. J, FISHER, Jr.

SHUTTER FASTENER.

Patentd Jan. 3,1882.

ATTORNEYS WITNESSES UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY J. FISHER, JR.,OF POINT PLEASANT, WEST VIRGINIA.

SH UTTE'R-FASTENER.

srncrrxca'nolv forming part of Letters Patent No. 251,854, dated January3, 1882.

'Application filed November 19, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY J. FISHER, Jr., a citizen of the UnitedStates, resident of Point Pleasant, in the county of Mason and State ofWest Virginia, have invented a new and valuable Improvement in Blind andSash Fasteners; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of thesame,

reference being had to the annexed drawings,

'ment of the pivot-bearing, the eye-bar, the

spiingcatch, and the long fastening-bar, having its journals engagedwith the pivot-bear- 111 g.

1n the annexed drawings, the letter A designates a channel or passageout through the sill of the window-frame under the windowstrip.

B represents oneof the blinds, near the lower corner of which, on theinside, is secured the pivot-bearin g G. This consists of a small casting having a central aperture, a, communicating with a longitudinalrecess, .b, open at one end in its face, and with a transverse bearingrecess, 0, in its base.

D indicates a long fastening-bar, having at one end a cross-head, d,made in journal form, and adapted to engage the bearing c of the casting0 when the bar is passed through the opening a. The bar in this positioncan be vibrated horizontally, so as to be thrown back out of the waywhen not in use, and brought forward at right angles with the plane ofthe shutter when required for operation. The free end of the bar isprovided with a series of perforations, e, which may be supplementedwith ratchet-teeth g, and it is designed to engage,

when passed through the passage A of the window-sill, with the end h ofa spring-catch, E, which is secured to the wall or windowframing insidethe room.

F indicates the under blind, over which the edge of the blind B lapswhen they are brought together. To thelower corner of this blind, on theinside, is secured a small e-ye bar, G, having an eye or slot, 75,formed in one end, which projects across the joint between the blindssufficiently to allow the bar D to be passed through said eye or slotwhen the blinds are being drawn closed and prior to the passage of thebar through the opening A in the sill. This eye-connection forms anadditional security in the fastening of the blinds. In this manner avery simple and strong fastening is formed for the blinds, and thedevices are so arranged that they cannot be reached except from theinside of the room.

Having described this invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is-

1. The long bar-fastening D, having the perforations e at one end andthe journal-head d at the other, in combination with the pivotbearing 0and the spring-catch E, substantially as specified.

2. The combination, with the pivot-bearing O and the long Vibratorytastening-barD,journaled thereto and having the perforations e, of theeye-bar G, secured to the opposite blind, the channel or passage A inthe framing, and the spring-catch E, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two witnesses.

HENRY J. FISHER, JR.

Witnesses:

J OHN M. REYNOLDS, J NO. E. TIMMS.

